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2025 Global Leadership Award Honorees

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Global Insight by The Council

The Council will honor The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, former prime minister of Canada; Tanya and Michael Polsky; and Regina Cross, Council Emerging Leaders alumna at its annual Global Leadership Awards Dinner on October 29.

The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, former prime minister of Canada; Tanya and Michael Polsky; and Regina Cross, Council Emerging Leaders alumna Global Economy

Can the US Reduce its Dependence on China for Critical Minerals?

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Global Insight by Karl Friedhoff

Critical minerals are central to innovation and security. The United States is dependent on China for them. Karl Friedhoff explains why that is becoming a problem.

A person holding refined tellurium at the Rio Tinto Kennecott refinery in Magna, Utah.
Rick Bowmer / AP
Tech and Science

North American Trade Talks Continue to Shift

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CBC News
Julián Ventura

Julián Ventura joins CBC News to discuss the "multi-dimensional chess game" taking place between the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

Aarti Pole speaks with Julián Ventura over video call. Global Economy

Why Dambisa Moyo Thinks This Economic Moment is Different

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

The global economy isn’t just slowing—it’s being completely reshaped. Here’s what that means for your future.

A man watches stock prices displayed on an electronic board at the Indonesia Stock Exchange in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 7, 2025.
Tatan Syuflana / AP
Global Economy

Trump's Attack on the Fed's Independence Isn't a Global Outlier

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"Even leaders of countries with strongly independent central banks have chafed against the orthodoxy" of current macroeconomic policy, Paul Poast writes.

President Donald Trump listens as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a visit to the Federal Reserve
Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP
Global Economy

Trump's Global Trade Order Is Anything But

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"Tariffs will almost certainly make the US market less attractive, making it harder to sell to it, with an impact on the US consumers who have been the beneficiaries of those sales," Paul Poast writes.

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testifies before the Senate Finance Committee
Mark Schiefelbein / AP
Global Economy

Is India Under Pressure to Pick a Side?

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

As Trump threatens to double tariffs and Putin courts Modi, can India rise as a great power without choosing a side?

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks past the flags of participating countries at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 7, 2023.
Willy Kurniawan / Pool Photo via AP
Global Economy

Trump's Tariffs: Can Global Trade Survive the Shock?

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Brent Neiman and David Henig join Deep Dish to break down how Trump's reciprocal tariffs could impact the global economic system.

Cargo containers line a shipping terminal at the Port of Oakland on July 31, 2025.
Noah Berger / AP
Global Economy

How Trump's Tariffs Could Impact the US-India Relationship

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India Today
Craig Kafura

As tensions rise, Craig Kafura draws on public opinion data to unpack where everyday Americans stand on US trade policy.

Craig Kafura and other experts appear onscreen during a tv broadcast US Foreign Policy

Trump's Tariff 'Letter Diplomacy' Is a Sign of Desperation

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"Sending out 50 letters gives the appearance of 'getting things done,'" Paul Poast writes. "It doesn’t matter if those actions are later reversed."

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a letter announcing tariffs
Alex Brandon / AP
US Foreign Policy